Heater



Dec. 6, 1927.

1,652,067 .l. c. THOMAS ET AL HEATER Filed Aug.. 29, 1924 OR EY WITNESS: ATT y. N

' 20 scribed, claimed and illustratedr in ,the'accomas-will be readily apparent.

mais pas; 1921;, I l 1,652,067

UNITED STATES PATll'aNT OFFICE.

Y' JOEL c. THOMAS JAMES r. HALLILAY, AND AnimeIv `HILL, Jn., or sULLIGEN'r, i

f ALABAMA Y HEATER.

Application tiled August 29, 1924. Seria1VNo.,734,i992.

. This invention relates towater heaters ing water therein as will be readily appar- 45 and its primary object is to provide a Steam ent.v Y Y Y heated water heater which will heat the Between the headers and substantiallycen- Awater to a maximum degree kwith a mini- -trally of the reservoir is arranged a series 5 mum expenditure of heat energy. of pipes or tubes by means of which a maxi- Another object ofthe invention is to promum amountv of water in the .reservoir will 50 vide a heater any numberof which may be be subjected to thel steam passing thereconnected in series to heat Waterby `Steam through and this series of pipes include av e from a single source. plurality ofcoils arranged in parallelism .as Still another'object of the invention is 'fsuggested in Figure 2'and extending longito provide a heater which includes aipair of tudinally in the reservoir. The said coils headers arranged and mounted ina water are connected with the headers 10 and 10 by reservoir in a novel manner together With a aplurality of pipes 14 which are of various series of connectingA pipes or tubes. lengths and disposed at an. oblique angle' Withthe precedingand other objects and withrespect to the longitudinal axis ofthe 'advantages in mind, tlie'invention consists headers as best shown in Figure 2f of the 0 in the novel combination of elements, condrawings. Leading fromrthe upper header Y struction Vand arrangement of parts and op- V10 isa steam inlet pipe 15 which is in comerations to be hereinafter specifically de-l Ymunication with a suitable source of steam While we have shown and described the 6,5 Figurel is a vertical longitudinal sectionpreferredy embodiment of the invention, it is al view of a heater constructed in accordance to be understoodthat changes in the arrangewith our invention, yand .Y 4. ment of parts maybe made and that we are Figure 2 is a horizontal sectional View only limited by the appended claim.

s panying drawings, wherein taken on line 2-2' of. Figure 1.1 Having thus described the invention, we'70 VReferring to the drawings in detail whereclaim: n in corresponding characters of reference de-v In `a water heater, an insulated reservoir, note corresponding parts, throughout the lupper and lower steam headers longitudinal- 80V several views, Vthe numeral-5 designates al ly disposed in said reservoir, a steam inlet y water reservoir having a water inlet openpipe for the Vupper header, a steam outlet Y king 6 adjacent its bottom and an outlet pipe 'pipe-for the lower header, means of commu- 7 leading from its upper wall. This 'waterl nication between said headers including coils reservoir 5 is formed, fromy sheet metall *andV arranged in spaced parallelrelation with resurrounding the sameis asbestos or other inspect to each other and centrally disposed *sulating coverin 8.'5 Y longitudinally in saidreservoir, a pipe con- '90 Mounted in' the receptacle 'or reservoir 5 necting one end of each coil with one header and extending longitudinally thereof is a and apipe connecting'the other end of each pair of headers 10 and 10, having their ends coil withtlie other header.

40 reduced and received in openings 11 in the y In testimony whereof We affix our signaend walls ofthe reservoir. i Leading from tures. f l f the lower header 10 isla steam outlet pipe JOEL C. THOMAS.

12 which may be connected to one or, more Y JAMES F. HALLIDAY. l

reservoirssimilar to the one yshown for heat-.k i y ADDIE HILL, JR. 

